Editing Postalveolar consonant (section)

===Examples===
Some languages distinguish palatalized (alveolo-palatal) and non-palatalized (retroflex) postalveolar nasals and/or laterals.

Some [[Australian languages]] distinguish four [[coronal consonant|coronal]] nasals and laterals: laminal dental {{IPA|[n̪ l̪]}}, apical alveolar {{IPA|[n l]}}, laminal postalveolar (palatalized) {{IPA|[ṉʲ ḻʲ]}}, and apical postalveolar (retroflex) {{IPA|[ɳ ɭ]}}.
<!--The nonstandard [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] dialects mentioned above have five acute (including four coronal) nasals: laminal dental {{IPA|[n̪]}}, apical alveolar {{IPA|[n]}}, laminal postalveolar (palatalized) {{IPA|[ṉʲ]}}, subapical palatal (retroflex) {{IPA|[ɳ]}}, and dorsal palatal (palatalized) {{IPA|[ɲ]}} (in addition to labial {{IPA|[m]}} and velar {{IPA|[ŋ]}}). Standard Malayalam lacks the laminal palatalized postalveolar.-->
<!--The conservative [[Irish language|Irish]] dialects mentioned above also have five acute nasals, again including four coronal; however, only four different primary articulations are involved, as a secondary [[velarized]]/[[palatalization (phonetics)|palatalized]] distinction is at play. The sounds in question are laminal dental velarized {{IPA|[n̪ˠ]}}, apical alveolar velarized {{IPA|[nˠ]}}, apical alveolar palatalized {{IPA|[nʲ]}}, laminal postalveolar (palatalized) {{IPA|[ṉʲ]}}, and dorsal palatal {{IPA|[ɲ]}} (in addition to labial velarized {{IPA|[mˠ]}}, labial palatalized {{IPA|[mʲ]}} and velar {{IPA|[ŋ]}}). The eight sounds participate in four velarized/palatalized pairs: {{IPA|[mˠ mʲ]}}; {{IPA|[n̪ˠ ṉʲ]}}; {{IPA|[nˠ nʲ]}}; {{IPA|[ŋ ɲ]}}. Other dialects have variously reduced the four coronal nasals to three or two.-->